I disappeared for a while, came back and found that the quality and content of the threads seems to have gone down hill. Oh well, hopefully that will change again.

I have little to no experience with FMP posters, but from what I can tell a lot of this current crap discussion belongs on sites like metal archives... though admittedly I was beyond burnt on the overwhelming amount brutal "goatfago" discussions prior to the pure shit posts of recent (though I may have been naive to hope for something otherwise considering the host label caters to this style as the primary focus it seems) perhaps we are blind to the fact we are posted up on a sinking ship? to think I started out mostly hoping to acquire "relevant" trade contacts._________________trade-want list/available list- http://www.nwnprod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20339

I am a bit surprised the praise this album is getting. Even the most jaded of metal-heads like it. It's a great album nonetheless and I could give a fuck if I lost points for saying that. Great songwriting through and through. It's a very different album then Opus to say the least. It is almost like if Goblin and The Beach Boys got together to jam on some Blue Oyster Cult tunes.

I disappeared for a while, came back and found that the quality and content of the threads seems to have gone down hill. Oh well, hopefully that will change again.

I have little to no experience with FMP posters, but from what I can tell a lot of this current crap discussion belongs on sites like metal archives... though admittedly I was beyond burnt on the brutal "goatfago" discussions prior to the pure shit posts of recent... perhaps we are blind to the fact we are posted up on a sinking ship? to think I started out mostly hoping to acquire "relevant" trade contacts.

I think I had just left during the goatfago stuff. Then again, back then a lot of the discussions also revolved around NWN releases, collector mentality, and just talking about black metal bands.
Now, threads are either about bands which do not belong here or people hijack others' threads to troll.

Lol after all the hatred and slagging,most have positive reviews. Haha how embarrassing

yes, a forum full of tools. sad, really

It would be interesting to dig the old Ghost threads and see which poseurs used to bash this band to death then and now are suddenly worshipping them instead.

And yes, this forum is 99% poseurs now. I guess it's the fate of all metal-related discussion boards. Remember when FMP used to be the kvltest of the kvlt?

truly embarrassing.... and we wonder why so many quality posters, etc have abandoned the forum rapidly in the past 6+ months...

I think that happened when NK7 joined....
This place was a lot better 1-2 years ago.

Edit: you joined exactly one year after I did

you might be onto something there... I was a lurker for a long time before I "took the plunge" so I guess I should take that into account. still the climate has changed RAPIDLY just in the past year alone

I dont see it.
The "twas better before" is probably the most common cliché in the universe and appears in about EVERY topic/field on the planet from the month/fingers of EVERY fucker on the planet.

It was always better before.
Funny part is I've been here since late 2009 and the only constant thing about this forum is users saying "THE FORUM HAS GONE DOWN THE DRAIN FMP STYLE..."
Always the same shit, the same complaint ever since
"Now it´s full of posers!"
Bullshit

Concerning Ghost I, for one, have since the beginning admitted I enjoyed them. Never "worshipped" them though and never will. But yeah digging the old thread could be fun._________________DISJECTA MEMBRAE plays Vomitive Doom

I really liked the GHOST 7" and the debut LP and still do.
BUT - I have listened to most of the new record on YouTube and like someone said a few posts prior, "Infestissumam" is not nearly as good as the debut. I will give it some more spins, but the beauty of the first record was I was hooked on the first listen. I have a feeling if I buy this one, I will listen to it twice and not go back to it.

It seems that magic did not happen twice._________________Too Old, Too Cold

It's a very different album then Opus to say the least. It is almost like if Goblin and The Beach Boys got together to jam on some Blue Oyster Cult tunes.

Exactly.

It's very sugary, and very poppy, but with a rotten undertone. In this respect, it's actually a lot darker than much 'extreme' metal. And I like the whole 'pied piper mocking the children of modern culture' thing. That's why it's so hilarious and awesome that they're playing Coachella. "Suffer the little children" indeed.

Also, their live performance is fantastic, and really inseparable from the music itself. I saw them in LA last Monday - brilliant!